Egypt
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Peter C. Nadig)
Alan B. Lloyd (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt (2 vols.). Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Chichester/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Book Review: Ancient Egyptian Tombs
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (William H. Peck) Steven Snape, Ancient Egyptian Tombs: the Culture of Life and Death. Blackwell ancient religions. Malden, MA; Oxford; Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. This work is a rather ambitious attempt to summarize...
- Book Review: Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviw (review by L. R. Siddall) R. B. Parkinson, Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among other Histories. Chichester/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Preview "This book has been written for fun, and it is in a sense a love letter...
- Review: A History Of The Ancient Near East Ca. 3000-323 Bc
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Peter Magee) This review does not concern Egypt but covers the Near Eastern period which is contemporary with the times when Pharaonic period had direct connections with the Near East. It may therefore be of some...
- Book Review: Religion In The Roman Empire
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Benedetta Bessi, John Cabot University) James B. Rives, Religion in the Roman Empire. Blackwell Ancient Religions, 2. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. Pp. 237. The Table of Contents indicates that there is an Egyptian...
- Book Review: A History Of The Ancient Near East
Scholia Reviews ns 16 (2007) 38. (Review by Jan P. Stronk, Ancient History, University of Amsterdam.) M. Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East, ca 3000-323 BC. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell, 2007[2]. Blackwell History of the Ancient...
Egypt
Book Review: A Companion to Ancient Egypt (2 vols.)
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Peter C. Nadig)
Alan B. Lloyd (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt (2 vols.). Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Chichester/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
One of the recent additions to the Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World is the huge two-volume set, Companion to Ancient Egypt edited by Alan B. Lloyd. A previous companion to the Ancient Near East (edited by D.C. Snell in 2007) features a few chapters on Ancient Egypt. The current book contains 49 articles by nearly as many contributors who specialize in different areas of Egyptian studies from Prehistory to the early Byzantine period. It would exceed the volume of such a review to comment on every chapter herein. The extensive table of content listed below gives an impression of the sheer variety of themes in this publication. Alan B. Lloyd can be congratulated for his effort in bringing so many different experts together.
Many subject headings on governmental, social, and cultural aspects were treated twice with an essay each for the Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods. Among the exceptions is Robert B. Partridge’s interesting contribution on transport (chapter 20), which focuses solely on Pharaonic times. In accordance with the series, each chapter concludes with a summary and suggestions for further reading – usually highlighting the most recent or relevant publications.
- Book Review: Ancient Egyptian Tombs
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (William H. Peck) Steven Snape, Ancient Egyptian Tombs: the Culture of Life and Death. Blackwell ancient religions. Malden, MA; Oxford; Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. This work is a rather ambitious attempt to summarize...
- Book Review: Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviw (review by L. R. Siddall) R. B. Parkinson, Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry: Among other Histories. Chichester/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Preview "This book has been written for fun, and it is in a sense a love letter...
- Review: A History Of The Ancient Near East Ca. 3000-323 Bc
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Peter Magee) This review does not concern Egypt but covers the Near Eastern period which is contemporary with the times when Pharaonic period had direct connections with the Near East. It may therefore be of some...
- Book Review: Religion In The Roman Empire
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Benedetta Bessi, John Cabot University) James B. Rives, Religion in the Roman Empire. Blackwell Ancient Religions, 2. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. Pp. 237. The Table of Contents indicates that there is an Egyptian...
- Book Review: A History Of The Ancient Near East
Scholia Reviews ns 16 (2007) 38. (Review by Jan P. Stronk, Ancient History, University of Amsterdam.) M. Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East, ca 3000-323 BC. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell, 2007[2]. Blackwell History of the Ancient...